The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-30


III praise Thee as walk in light,
And say, Eyes, all His paths are peace"
H. G. R., in Gospel Expositor
Little Sins.
Little sins grow. They are not like
spiders or wasps, which We can put Our
foot on and crush if need be; but like
little lions, which seem rs harmless as
kittens at first, but grow into fierce,
roaring wild beasts. There is lad
about fifteen years old in States prison,
put in for five years, for stcaling. lie
says ho remembers we'll the FIRST time he
stole. 1t was ton cent piece, which
was lying on the mantle in o lady's
house, where he was doing some work.
When no one was looking he slipped 1t
into his pocket, and oh, how frightened
he was afterwards for fear he would be
found out. But he was not, and SO tho
next time be had the chance he stole
again, and kept on growing worse, until
at last, with some other boys he broke
in a house. People seldom do very
wicked things at first. They do little
wrong things; so little that they say,
:.'Oh, that's nothing; there's no barn in
that" But tho little things grow and
grow into big things, and then people
sec harm in them. Dear children, there
are no little sins in Gods sight. All are
truly largo and very black. .--[standard.
Good Advice.
My aon, when you hear g @aEH! -gEs1sl-
ing AID scoldins because bloody gets
5000 week for preaching Christianity,
you will perceive that he never worries
q bit because Ingersoll gets $500 o
night for preaching atheism. You will
observe that the man who is unutterably
shocked because F. Murphy gets $3.50
week for temperance work, seems to think
it all right when the barkecper takes in
twice as much money in single day.
The laborer is wo:thy of his hire, my
boy, and he is just as worthy of it in the
pulpit as he is on the stump. 80
Is the man who Is honestly trying to
save your soul worth less than the man
who is only trying his level best to go to
Congress1 Isn't Moody doing as good
work as hgcrsolla Isn't John B. Cough
as much the friend Of humanity rs the
bartender Do you want to get all tho
good in the world for. nothing, so that
you may be able to pay 4 high price for
the badl
Remember my boy, the good things in
the world are the cheapest. Spring water
costs less than corn whisks5; asebox OF
cigars will buy two or three bibles; q
gallon of old brandy costs more than a
barrel OF -four; "full hand" of poker
often costs man more In twenty min
utes than his church subscription
amounts to in three years; state elec-
ton costs more than revival ofreiigion;
you can sleep in church every Sunday
morning for nothing, if you are man
enough to dead beat your lodging, but
q nap in Pullman Car costs you 81
every time; fifty cents for the circus, and
q penny for the little ones to put in tho
missionery box; one dollar for the thea
trc, and pair of old trousers frayed at
the end, baggy at the knee, and utterly
bursted as to the dome for the poor; the
dancing lady gets 5000 week, and the
city missionary gcts$soo a year;thc horse
race scoops in $4,000 the first day, and
the church fair lasts q week, works
twenty five or thirty Of the best women
in America nearly to death, and comes
out $40 in debt.
Why, my boy, if you ever find your.
self sneering or scoffing, because, once
in while, you hear preacher getting
q living; or even luxurious salary, or a
temperance worker making money 60
out in the dark and feel ashamed of
yourself, and If you don't feel above
kicking n mean man, kick yourself.
Precious little docs religion and charity
cost the old boy; and when the money
it does give is flung into his face, like n
lone to dog, tho donor is not benefited
by the gift, and the receiver is not, and
certainly should not be grateful.
R. G. BURDErrE.
The sorrows of q noble soul arc rs May
frosts, which prcccdc the mildcr sea-
sons; but the SORROWS of hardened,
lost soul, are as the autumn frosts, which
forctell but the coming of winter.
There is no knowledge for which so
great o price is paid as a knowledge of
the world; and no one over became an
adept in it except at the expense of o
hardened and wounded heart. Il Coun.
tess of Blessington.
Five thousand dead bodies are, in tn.
course of year, sent to the morgue in
New York city. Indisputable facts show
that the mischief which sends four thou
sand of them there comes from drunken
ness. In this state of things tits one O.
the most powerful temperance sermons
ever nrearhnd